National Republican., 1887-01-15

! numerous Illustrations are beautiful, and
the stories and other articles they illustrate
still more beautiful. "A Christmas Guest"
opens the number, a domestic tale most
pleasing. IAN Old House." haunt of
Longfellow, where some of his poems were
written, Is decidedly agreeable to read. and
It's pictures add greatly to the charm. Other
articles are continued, all increasing in at
traction. The poems are good, aud especi-
ally so is that on Samuel johnson, by 'Har-
riet Prescott Spofford.
TIE POEMS OF SIR JOHN srCKLING. A
new edition, with preface and notes edited
by Frederick A. Stokes. New York: White
STOKES ~ Allen. sale, Robert Beall. 81.
The preface relates briefly the somewhat
dissipated life Of the poet, his extravagan-
cies, and his consequent sorrows. His
greatest merit was that he appreciated
Shakespeare, a, time when few, II any,
others did. Courtly and lovelike, his poems
are pretty and fanciful. never deep, but
still curious and interesting as picturing
the age In which they We're produced.
One of his songs, famous and often
quoted, we quote--is 1t by permission AS
follows:
Why so pale and wan, fond lover"
Prithee, why so pale?
VIII. when looking well cant move her,
Looking III prevail?
Prithee why So pale?
Why so dun and mute, young sinner?
Prithee, why so mute?
VIII, when speaking wei. can't win her,
saying nothing do ~
Prithee, why so mute?
omit quit, for shame TINS will not move;
This cannot take her.
lfOt herself she will not love,
Nothing can make her:
hA "A i falyA hnH
portrait of the poet, after Vandyke,
ornaments the volume-truly ornaments,
for he was a handsome, manly man, with
curling hair that fell, shadowy, below his
shoulders: broad, high, and noble forehead;
FULL expressive eyes, overarched by ma
jestic brows, prominent nose, OF the type
novelists describe as "chsselled; lips, mus
tache adorned, regular, sweet smiling, vet
sensual; rounded cheeks, and chin so far
developed as to express courage and en-
ergy, though not far enough to forbid ideas
OF softness, romance, and love.
Look here, and you will not wonder that
Sucking was "a great favOrlte at the court
OF Charles |, and the intimate Of the wits
and the reignlng bellies and beaus."
IL Is sad that he lived a bachelor, and
almost an inevitable consequenCe-died in
the prime of life by hiS own hand.
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Varied and new s.full, interesting and
valuable 1t leads the advance In the world
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ton agent Johns Hopkins University, pub,
fishers.
carefully collated history OF the City of
Friends, interesting for ITSELF and valuable
as furnishing suggestions for other mum,
cipalities.
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